Drain plug



June 9,- 1931.

o. A. LARSEN DRAIN PLUG Filed Jan. 22, 1930 Patented June 9, 1931 tree ear OLE ALoNzo Lnnsnn, or sALn LAKE CITY, UTAH,

DRAIN PLUG Application filed January 22,1930. Sena noiieasea;

My invention relates to closure plugs and has for its object to provide a new and etlicient plug for closing the drain holes of wash basins and other similar water contain'ing devices which are drained from the bottom. Y

A further object is to provide a crain plug which may easily be attached therein,

which may be quickly and easily removed if desired and which will normally. be retained in the basin at all times.

A still further object is to provide a sanitary plug which has no part thereof in the water except the ring and in that way eliminates the accumulation of soap and dirty water on the chain.

A still furtherobjectis to'provide a device which will keep the cross in the drain pipe clean at all times.

2% A still further object is to provide a drain plug which will be provided with depending means'to engage with the cross in the drain pipe to hold the plug "from engagement in the drain hole when it is desired to drain the basin and which depending means may be made ot'spring wire to give lasting qualities, to insure proper operation and to provide the means of retaining or removing the plug from the entire basin as so desired.

In apartments where the basins are used for small washingssuch as silk hosiery and other silks it is the practice to wash these things out by hand and with the old type chain and plug the silks are often caught and torn or runs started in the woven fabrics. With my plug in the basin the chain is eliminated and the hand rlng is made without corners and to lay down fiat,'prov1dmg to free space over the entire wash basin, thereby i with the device illustrated in the accompany; ing drawings'in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout" the several views. and as dc scribed in the specification forming a part of this application and appended claim. I

In the drawings in which. Ihave shown the best and most preferred' manner. of

pointed in 1 the 1 building my inventionFigureil is a section of a portion ofa basin with the'drainpipQ sectioned and my drain plug" sectioned. in place therein with the wire retaining means shownin elevation. Figure 2 isa side elevation of thedrain plug. FigureB isa side view of a drain plug a vertical hand r p. H 1 In the drawings I have shown thebasin as A. the drain pipe as B, and thenross in the drain pipe as C. I then make a solid 701 rubberjstopper plug 1, having twospaced. apart holes 2 and 3 therethrough through which a spring wire '4 is passed. The wire; tis bent into a ring 5atthe topendthere'ot' 4 through which a handrin'gfi is pass 10, 5 enable the operator to raise-the plugfrom the drain pipe when de'siredJThe two legs .7 and 8 of the wire 4 are then passed down through the holes 2 and 3. of the plug and are crossed over at 9 and extendedat 10 and 11 to approximately the same distance as the holes 2 and 3 on the opposite side. The legs are then bent to taper toward each other at 12 and 13 and are extendeddown to a point where they nearly meet at 20 r where the legs are then bent outwardly again at 14 and 15 and the extreme ends are bent back inwardly with. the ends turned upward at 16 and 17 In Figure 3 of the drawings the ring 5 is made large and formed elongated to form a hand grip by which the plug maybe removed should this type be more desired. 1.

The dotted lines shown in Figure l indi cate the positionof'the plug and the retaining wires when the plug is raisedto allow the water to drain from the basin; 1 The portion of the wires which is bent toward each other atthe point 20 is drawn up over 1 the cross C and the portions which are bent 7 out below 20 provide a space in which the cross may be moved around but the contracted portion 20 holds the plug raised. To closethe plug the operator presses down on the plug and the wire legs 7 and 8 will spring outwardly allowing the plug to be pressed down into place. To place the plug in the basin the two inwardly bent ends 16 and 17 are placed diagonally across the cross and the plug is pressed down. This spreads the ends and allows them to pass over the cross. To remove the plug it is raised until the cross hits in the bends at the ends of the legs and the plug may then be twisted a quarter turn which will spread the two ends apart and the plug may then be raised from the cross. The spring in the wires allowed at the bends 10 and 11 at'the cross 9, in the holes 2. and 3 and in the ring 5 keeps the wires from breaking and adds spring tension to the wires. This construction will provide a spring construction which will be so distrlbuted over the entire 'W'lfe as to eliminate any possibility of the wire breakmg from constant springlng causing crystallization of any one portion of the wire.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claiin:-- I i In a closure plug for basins the combination of a solid closure plug having spaced apart holes therethrough; and having a wire bent into a ring and thenhaving the legs thereof passed downthrou'gh the said holes, and having the ends crossed over, then bent inwardly to near each other and bent outwardly a short distance and curved back inigardly and upwardly to meet at the lower en r .In testimony whereof he has aflix'ed his signature.

V OLE ALONZO LARSEN. 

